When All is Read and Done Aimee Lee and Josh Teh

In our season finale, we talk about Britney Spears, the toxic circus of her conservatorship, and how Britney's loss of autonomy reflects that of millions of people worldwide. Also, Britney suffering from domestic violence? 



What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything

Britney Spears’s Conservatorship: What to Know 

#FreeBritney! And while we're at it, free the women of Saudi Arabia too 

Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want 

Liz Day's Twitter 

Britney Spears has had to sit through incredibly misogynistic and invasive interviews. Here are the worst ones. 

Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms 

For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine 



RADRecs 

Sex Object (Jessica Valenti)

Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)

No Visible Bruises (Rachel Louise Snyder)

Disability Visibility (Alice Wong)



You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com. See you in Season 2!

This week, we discuss the Rocket Man Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and how they've changed the game, for better or worse, for how book lovers shop online.



Booksellers fear 'stranglehold' as Amazon snaps up British rival The Book Depository

Amazon.com and 'Big Five' publishers accused of ebook price-fixing

Amazon and Its Missing Books

A Final Word Before Mr. Bezos Blasts Off

Power and Peril: 5 Takeaways on Amazon’s Employment Machine

Amazon offers 'wellness chamber' for stressed staff

The Amazon That Customers Don’t See

Brick and Mortar: Lessons About the Future of Bookselling

Brick-and-mortar bookstores dying in electronic age? No, many are thriving

China’s brick-and-mortar bookstores are making a comeback



RADRecs:

Libby

BookBar

Lit Books

Gerakbudaya

Silverfish



You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.



And free Britney, you cowards!

For World Refugee Day, we discuss the refugee crisis, moving beyond an Euro-centric view of the crisis, and what we can do to help.



1951 Refugee Convention

UNHCR viewpoint: ‘Refugee’ or ‘migrant’ – Which is right?

‘Home’ by Warsan Shire

12 Book about Syria to Help You Learn about the Ongoing Conflict

Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed



RADRecs:

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives (Viet Thanh Nguyen)

The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui)

Monstress (Marjorie M. Liu)

Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System (Alexander Betts, Paul Collier)



Beyond the Books:

MSRI

Dignity for Children Foundation

El Shaddai

British Red Cross

Refugee Action

Save the Children



You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

Aimee challenges Josh to read 'The Kiss Quotient' and challenges his perception of love, romance novels, and the universe. 



The Romance Writers of America 

The Romance Publishing Industry and Its Reputation 

Meeting Harry Styles and what it taught me about "gender contamination" in business 

Diana Gabaldon on Why Outlander Isn’t Really a Romance and Writing Her First Episode 



RADRecs: 

The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)

Call Me By Your Name (Andre Aciman)

Blankets (Craig Thompson)

The Prince and the Dressmaker (Jen Wang)



You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

In a follow-up to the last episode, we talk about cancel culture in the readers' community and publishing industry. Cancel culture can be a powerful tool to democratize accountability, but it can also be a double-edged sword used by bigots and activists alike. 



The second wave of “cancel culture” 

Why ‘Cancel Culture’ Is a Distraction 

The Daily Podcast - A Vast Web of Vengeance  

A Feminist Critique of Murakami Novels, With Murakami Himself 



RADRecs: 

We Need New Stories (Nesrine Malik) 

The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars (Meghan Daum) 



You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

We talk about whether authors’ politics and behavior affect how we enjoy their books. These include authors who we adored as children as well as current authors (JK, we're looking at you). 



Tintin in the Land of Cancel Culture 

JK Rowling's controversial essay on transgender persons

Charisma Carpenter statement on Joss Whedon's alleged abuse 



RADRecs: 

N.K. Jemisin 

Asterix the Gaul (René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo)



You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.